Don't mine Qld uranium: Fukushima survivor

A SURVIVOR of the Fukushima nuclear accident is urging the Queensland government to reinstate a ban on uranium mining.

Japanese dairy farmer Hasegawa Kenichi is in Brisbane with a delegation from the Japanese disaster relief organisation Peace Boat.

"Uranium is something the human body cannot handle, cannot cope with. It's like opening Pandora's box," he told AAP.

"This government, all governments, must stop using this substance.

"It must be left underground."

Premier Campbell Newman has said Queensland has about $10 billion worth of known uranium deposits.

"Uranium mining and export is already providing jobs, royalties and crucial regional development in other parts of Australia," he said in January.

"It's time Queenslanders shared in these benefits too."

The Uranium Implementation Committee, tasked with developing a best practice framework for the resumption of uranium mining, will submit its recommendations to the government this month.

The committee has been examining the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia's uranium export industry.

But Peace Boat spokesman Akira Kawasaki is urging the government to think carefully about the Fukushima accident, which has devastated thousands of lives.

"Think about all those people, all those lives this substance destroyed, before making your decision," he told AAP.

"Don't make the mistake we did."

The Fukushima nuclear reactor was badly damaged in the 9.0-magnitude Japanese quake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 and had multiple meltdowns.

Residents were evacuated over an 80km radius and huge, continuing radioactive contamination of land and the Pacific Ocean, including sea floor and fish, remains.

The most powerful quake known to ever have hit the country killed more than 15,000 people.

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